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H. O. OHASLES.

MACHINE FOR IRONING LINEN, FABRICS, OR OTHER MATERIALS No. 872,453. Patented Nov. 1, 1887.

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Nrrnn rATns HENRI CHARLES CHASLES, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

MACHINE FOR lRONlNG LINEN, FABRICS, OR OTHER MATERIALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,453, dated November 1, 1887.

Application filed July 8, 1- 86. Serial No. 107,457.

To aZZ when it puny concern:

Be it known that I, HENRI CHARLES Onas- LES, ofthe city of Paris, France, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Ironing Linen, Fabrics, or other Materials, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Hitherto various machines have been employed for ironing linen and for finishing fabrics and other materials, which generally consist, in principle, of a hollow trough of castiron heated by any suitable means, (such as coal, gas, steam, superheated or not, or other suitable means) in which rotates ahollow cylinder, enerally of sheet or cast iron, capable of being heated in theinterior, when required, and covered with felt or other fabric appro priate to the nature of the operation. This cylinder fits the hollow part of the trough or iron under the influence. of a pressure more or lessstrong and capable of regulation at will. In the finishing of linen, in particular, one of the last operations is the ironing, for which it is caused to enter the machine slightly damp; but the importance has becnreeognizcd of introdncing linen into the machine as it leaves the centrifugal or other hydrocxtractor without passing through the lrier-that is to say, while still (lamp from the hydro extractor. Under these conditions the operation is very badly effected with the machines hitherto employed, for unless the fabric under treatment be very light a single passage through the ironing machine is not sufficient to dry it. It is necessary to pass it two or three times, and often this is not sufficient. There is consequentlyi n this operation a considerable amount of work, which renders this process impracticable and troublesome, and it is rarely em ployed. That which preventsthe rapid drying in these machines is that the steam,which is formed as soon as the damp linen is in contact with the hot iron, is imprisoned between the cylinder and the trough in such manner that there is no surface of evaporation and that the vapor cannot escape.

The present invention has for its object to remedy this inconvenience by applying to the machines already constructed, or hereafter to be constructed, an apparatus working either by suction or compression, which has for its object to remove the vapor interposed between (No model.) Patented in France February 10,1886, No.174,069.

the heating-surface and the su rface heated before the issue therefrom of the piece of fabric or other article to be ironed or finished.

I mean by the word vapor the result of the vaporization, which is produced during the operation, either proceeding from the liquid or dressing contained by the material to be finished or from any other cause. For this purpose I pierce holes of various forms and arrangements in the concave surface of the trough along its entire length and upon a zone more or less extended, according to circumstances, which may cxtend over the entire surface or be reduced to a simple line, which, in case the orifice be a longitudinal groove, is equivalent to a break of continuity and separates the trough into two juxtaposed troughs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the entire machine arranged to be heated by steam. Fig. 2 is a corresponding vertical cross section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan, seen from above, of a part of the trough detached. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modification, in which the parts are heated by gas. Fig. 5 is a sectional view ot'a hand-iron connected with a tube.

The trough or concave bed 0 has apertures (I, in its concave sid'e,which communicate with a lower longitudinal chamber, 7), in which I produce a vacuum by any suitable means-- such as an ejector or fan. In Fig. 1 I show a fan, a, connected with the chamber 1) by means of a pipe, I), forlhis purpose. I thus draw off the vapor from the damp fabric as it passes between the cylinder f and trough c.

In case the trough or iron 0 is heated by steam circulati ngin chambers (l, as represented at Figs. 1 and 2, I employ, as may be required, the same steam for working the ejector.

Fig. 4: represents an arrangement in which the heating of the iron cis effected by gas-jets 0 replacing the steam-chambers d of Fig. 2.

The chamber 7), in place of being arranged along the center, as shown, may occupy any other more favorable position between the entrance and exit of the fabric. There may also be several chambers distributed over the heating-surface, according to the extent of such su rface.

In case it is desired to form holes over the entire surface of the trough or iron 0, the roller alone may be heated.

Fig. 5 shows an example of the invention applied to a hand-iron. This iron is hollow, and its working-surface is perforated and placed in communication, by an elastic tube, 1), with the apparatus for producing the vacuum. This apparatus can be furnished with an intermediate receiver connected with all the irons of a work-room. It is for this purpose that I apply a cock, 0', for preventing loss when any particular iron is not working or is withdrawn from the fabric to be ironed.

I claim- 1. The combination, with an ironing apparatus having a chamber and perforations in its polished ironing side, which side works in sliding contact with the fabric to be ironed and dried, ofa vacuum-producing device connected with said chamber, whereby vapor is removed ments in machinery for drying, ironing, or finishinglinen,fabrics, and other materials signed 30 by me this 7th day of June, 1886.

HENRI CHARLES OHASLES.

Witnesses:

Ro-BT. M. HOOPER, ALBERT MOREAUX. 

